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. >> so when the president says that susan rice was giving out -- talking about the most updated and -- fully documented intelligence that the intelligence community had, that's not true. >> last night the message was that susan rice was disseminating incorrect intelligence and the president is wrong for defending her. now here is mr. king today after an intelligence briefing. >> did he seem concerned that things had been changed? was that surprising to you? >> he seemed to say at the time they didn't realize the full significance of that and that or an unclassified statement it was acceptable. again, it's still very vague. >> petraeus told king today that, quote, for an unclassified statement this was acceptable. again, it's still very vague. dana, to paraphrase the president, republicans got out in front of their own skis on this one, didn't they? >> yes. well, in congress they have a tradition of revising and extending their remarks and i think peter king -- what peter king just said was "never mind." >> what he said earlier, what do we do with that? >> he was operating on incompl
. >> so when the president says that susan rice was giving out -- talking about the most updated and -- fully documented intelligence that the intelligence community had, that's not true. >> last night the message was that susan rice was disseminating incorrect intelligence and the president is wrong for defending her. now here is mr. king today after an intelligence briefing. >> did he seem concerned that things had been changed? was that surprising to you? >> he seemed...
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ambassador susan rice. you were critical in tv appearances right after the attack on september 11th. let's listen to that. >> ambassador rice was deliberately misleading the american people or showed and demonstrated such a lack of knowledge and physicality indication that she shouldn't hold that position anymore. >> now, during friday's hearing, david petraeus and we'll get to other incidents -- other news with david petraeus later, but david petraeus basically said he knew it was a terrorist attack and that those points were taken out of susan rice's talking points, so do you -- do you feel differently about susan rice now? >> no, first of all, as far as general petraeus, what was clear was that the intelligence community had this right and they put together talking points and somewhere after it left the intelligence community, some way in the administration there was language taken out. susan rice, i would hope if she's going to go on national television is going to rely on more than unclassified talking
ambassador susan rice. you were critical in tv appearances right after the attack on september 11th. let's listen to that. >> ambassador rice was deliberately misleading the american people or showed and demonstrated such a lack of knowledge and physicality indication that she shouldn't hold that position anymore. >> now, during friday's hearing, david petraeus and we'll get to other incidents -- other news with david petraeus later, but david petraeus basically said he knew it was...
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i have read every one of the five interviews susan rice did that day. she was within the context of that statement, and for this she has been pillarried for two months. >> john: indeed she was. again, i think that diane feinstein has been consistent. here is one more clip. >> for me personally this is a heart break. i respect david petraeus, and his 37 years of service to our country. i respect this great intellect that he has. where he can speak literally on dozens of subjects. various military tactics and he is one of our brightest and our best. there is no counter to that. >> john: and there is the requisite sucking up to general petraeus. i think it's possible to respect general petraeus's service and devotion and intelligence while still acknowledging the fact that afghanistan was a bloody mess, and his great success with the surge in iraq came from brides and getting the sunnies and cheikh to engage in another civil war. he rearmed saadam hussein's people. what a patriot, and so i think in the case of general petraeus we can acknowledge he has don
i have read every one of the five interviews susan rice did that day. she was within the context of that statement, and for this she has been pillarried for two months. >> john: indeed she was. again, i think that diane feinstein has been consistent. here is one more clip. >> for me personally this is a heart break. i respect david petraeus, and his 37 years of service to our country. i respect this great intellect that he has. where he can speak literally on dozens of subjects....
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ambassador susan rice. >> what the president's campaign did was focus on certain members of his base coalition, give them extraordinary financial gifts from the government, and then work very aggressive to turn them out to vote. >> susan rice should have known better, and if she didn't know better, she's not qualified. she should have known better. i will do everything in my power to block her from being the united states secretary of state. >> joy reid, let's go after romney first and the way he's calculating how he lost. now, you can give all kinds of reasons for losing and, fair enough, that's what you do in your head. but when you spout the argument that the other guy bought all the interest groups, all the categories of citizens and that's -- that seems to diminish not just the purchaser but the purchase. you're basically saying these people were up for grabs, just buy them. you're never going to get them ever again if you talk about people that way it seems. >> exactly. and talking about more than half of the voting public as essentially bribery victims or being duped because t
ambassador susan rice. >> what the president's campaign did was focus on certain members of his base coalition, give them extraordinary financial gifts from the government, and then work very aggressive to turn them out to vote. >> susan rice should have known better, and if she didn't know better, she's not qualified. she should have known better. i will do everything in my power to block her from being the united states secretary of state. >> joy reid, let's go after romney...
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but the other piece is susan rice. i have to tell you, be she is so popular with the white house, there is no question in my mind, i've never been more certain about a nomination or the intention to nominate. not just a trial balloon. but she is being blamed by many on the hill, democrats and republicans, and the white house response to that is on benghazi, that her interviews that sunday morning, were completely the talking points given to her by the cia and she should not be blamed for that. there are democrats who say she would have a hard confirmation battle. >> right. this would look like and i always trust your reporting on these things, andrea, be that the white house is -- if not deadset on susan rice, certainly close. but there are many conservatives, republicans and kind of sort of pragmatic democrats who don't want the fight to say this is going to be a huge nomination fight. is that what we want? whether they -- the critics are right about her on benghazi or wrong, there's going to be a big nomination fight
but the other piece is susan rice. i have to tell you, be she is so popular with the white house, there is no question in my mind, i've never been more certain about a nomination or the intention to nominate. not just a trial balloon. but she is being blamed by many on the hill, democrats and republicans, and the white house response to that is on benghazi, that her interviews that sunday morning, were completely the talking points given to her by the cia and she should not be blamed for that....
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susan rice was not a person responsible in a meaningful way. she seems to have reflected the intelligence she was given and it is not decided by the white house. it's decided at a far, far more liberal level. so there's a lot of mysteries here and lots of enigmas, but it doesn't seem to me that one of them is susan rice's responsibility. >> there is also an each bigger picture which is the whole resolution of the arab spring and how it is playing out in the region. it's libya and we'll talk about that and everything is a tinderbox. >> gaza, gaza started this, and it didn't start with the assassination of the hamas guy. there were rockets coming over and over again. this is not a cycle of violence, the cycle of violence doesn't exist when you have one group saying it's military to stop the rockets. it's a double human rights crime against accurate defense, but why would hamas start this at this point? they want to test egypt and they're winning. egypt is supporting them. qatar is supporting them, turkey is supporting them. this is what's so dang
susan rice was not a person responsible in a meaningful way. she seems to have reflected the intelligence she was given and it is not decided by the white house. it's decided at a far, far more liberal level. so there's a lot of mysteries here and lots of enigmas, but it doesn't seem to me that one of them is susan rice's responsibility. >> there is also an each bigger picture which is the whole resolution of the arab spring and how it is playing out in the region. it's libya and we'll...
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as far as susan rice is concerned. >> i don't trust her. and the reason i don't trust her is because i think she knew better, and if she didn't know better, she shouldn't be the voice of america. >> key republican senators are trying to block susan race from becoming secretary of state. ms. rice is currently the permanent representative to the united nations for the u.s. she has not yet been officially nominated for the state department job to replace hillary clinton who intends to resign probably. rice is rumored to be underactive and positive consideration. but republicans and some democrats have been angry with ms. rice for saying that the attack in benghazi that left four americans dead was spontaneous and not preplanned. >> what our assessment is as of the present is, in fact, it began spontaneously in benghazi as a reaction to what had transpired some hours earlier in cairo where, of course, as you know, there was a violent protest outside of our embassy, sparked by this hateful video. we do not have information at present that leads
as far as susan rice is concerned. >> i don't trust her. and the reason i don't trust her is because i think she knew better, and if she didn't know better, she shouldn't be the voice of america. >> key republican senators are trying to block susan race from becoming secretary of state. ms. rice is currently the permanent representative to the united nations for the u.s. she has not yet been officially nominated for the state department job to replace hillary clinton who intends to...
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when you combine this act with their attack on susan rice for what happened in libya when susan rice had nothing to do with what happened in libya, when you combine that gratuitous attack on her like this, it looks like they are back to their old ways, attacking women, ignoring women, attacking minorities and people of color. cynthia i think would agree with me, you don't make just points by putting people of color or women in positions. you have to change the under lying policy. >> otherwise it becomes meaningless window dressing. let me give you the chief strategist for the rahm romney campaign. stewart stevens wrote this. on november 6th, romney carried the majority of every economic group except those with less than $50,000 a year in household income. that means he carried the majority of middle class voter. let's remember that any party that carries the middle class must be doing something write. this is what he writes. but he didn't stop there. he also wanted to explain the blow without that romney faces at the hands of minorities, young voters and women. president obama was a
when you combine this act with their attack on susan rice for what happened in libya when susan rice had nothing to do with what happened in libya, when you combine that gratuitous attack on her like this, it looks like they are back to their old ways, attacking women, ignoring women, attacking minorities and people of color. cynthia i think would agree with me, you don't make just points by putting people of color or women in positions. you have to change the under lying policy. >>...
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me say specifically about susan rice. she has done explementary work . she has represented the united states and represented the united nations with skill and professionalism and toughness and grace. and as i said before. she made an appearance at the request of the white house in which she gave her best understanding of the intelligence that had been provided to her. if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. and i am happy to have that discussion with them. but for them to go after the un ambassador who had nothing to do with benghazi and was simply making a presentation based on intelligence she had received and the besmirch her reputation is outrageous. >> brian: well, that was his confrontational tone i can remember him having outside of the election and had his first press conference. she appeared on behalftime white house. how dumb was it to put out there nothing with benghazi and no background as opposed to tom brennan or tom donald or anybody else let alone
me say specifically about susan rice. she has done explementary work . she has represented the united states and represented the united nations with skill and professionalism and toughness and grace. and as i said before. she made an appearance at the request of the white house in which she gave her best understanding of the intelligence that had been provided to her. if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. and i am happy to have that...
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and now we're trying to make it look like, oh, we're just picking on susan rice. she went on many different talk shows and said something that was absolutely patently false. now she wants to be secretary -- >> she was scripted and sent out on five shows to put out a phony, false line that when you look back and know what they knew, the 12 hours later, it was utterly false, john. who gave her the -- >> do you think they're going to get that special committee similar to watergate? >> the democrats control the senate. >> the democrats control the senate. the defense department put out a timeline. petraeus has said there wasn't enough time to get anybody there to help the people. >> what about that? can that stop it dead? >> there will be a report -- >> the democratic party controls the senate. i don't think you will get a select committee. but there's a lot more -- let me tell you, if they nominate her this will be the bloodiest battle since robert leffingwell, john, in that movie. >> john tower over alcoholism. >> there's going to be investigations, but when john mc
and now we're trying to make it look like, oh, we're just picking on susan rice. she went on many different talk shows and said something that was absolutely patently false. now she wants to be secretary -- >> she was scripted and sent out on five shows to put out a phony, false line that when you look back and know what they knew, the 12 hours later, it was utterly false, john. who gave her the -- >> do you think they're going to get that special committee similar to watergate?...
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rice was not telling the truth. >> so when the president says that susan rice was giving out -- talking about the most updated, fully documented intelligence, that the intelligence community had, that's not true. >> enter general david petraeus. the disgraced chief testified to the house and senate committees today behind closed doors. petraeus destroyed one major republican conspiracy early on just by showing up. republicans were convinced petraeus resigned last week to avoid testifying about benghazi. he destroyed another conspiracy by confirming what we already knew, the talking points from the cia given to ambassador rice and members of congress were the same and read as follows: the currently available information suggests that the demonstrations in benghazi were spontaneously inspired by the u.s. embassy in cairo. extremists participated in the violent demonstrations. petraeus testified that he and others knew al qaeda-aligned terrorists were involved in the attack, but ultimately, they removed the language from the declassified talking points that susan rice used. nbc terrorism e
rice was not telling the truth. >> so when the president says that susan rice was giving out -- talking about the most updated, fully documented intelligence, that the intelligence community had, that's not true. >> enter general david petraeus. the disgraced chief testified to the house and senate committees today behind closed doors. petraeus destroyed one major republican conspiracy early on just by showing up. republicans were convinced petraeus resigned last week to avoid...
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my point, susan rice won't be hillary clinton. susan rice will be a mouthpiece for president obama and not the american people. >> bob: curious, check this out and see if mccain and graham had such problems did they vote for her for-up? my guess is they probably did. >> greg: the u.n. loves her. the u.n. hated bolton which is why bolton was great. when u.n. loves you, they like someone to roll over. >> eric: they may have voted for her but that was prior to her lying to five different news organizations. >> bob: how can you accuse her of lying? the intelligence committee itself said that it was the same intelligence that the intelligence committee got the day before she testified. >> eric: be specific. >> bob: i will. senior member of the intelligence committee released the following statement. >> eric: you are always talking about who are the sources? who are they? name them. give us names. the "new york times" saying we talk about president obama's? talk about the sources. who are they? >> bob: this is adam -- he got the nationa
my point, susan rice won't be hillary clinton. susan rice will be a mouthpiece for president obama and not the american people. >> bob: curious, check this out and see if mccain and graham had such problems did they vote for her for-up? my guess is they probably did. >> greg: the u.n. loves her. the u.n. hated bolton which is why bolton was great. when u.n. loves you, they like someone to roll over. >> eric: they may have voted for her but that was prior to her lying to five...
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ambassador susan rice. hank from las vegas says why are republican men always picking on democratic women like susan rice? this makes them appear very week. and denise thinks senator grahams and mack cane are still smarting over the 2008 loss. we'll have all the details next. stay with us. i'm going to dream about that tiramisu. what a night, huh? but, um, can the test drive be over now? head back to the dealership? [ male announcer ] it's practically yours. but we still need your signature. volkswagen sign then drive is back. and it's never been easier to get a passat. that's the power of german engineering. get $0 down, $0 due at signing, $0 deposit, and $0 first month's payment on any new volkswagen. visit vwdealer.com today. >>> it's like earning capital. you asked do i feel free. let me put it to you this way. i earned capital in the campaign, political capital, and now i intend to spend it. >> the good ol' day, president bush flaunting his political capital in 2004. since last tuesday, republicans hav
ambassador susan rice. hank from las vegas says why are republican men always picking on democratic women like susan rice? this makes them appear very week. and denise thinks senator grahams and mack cane are still smarting over the 2008 loss. we'll have all the details next. stay with us. i'm going to dream about that tiramisu. what a night, huh? but, um, can the test drive be over now? head back to the dealership? [ male announcer ] it's practically yours. but we still need your signature....
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susan rice is another one. hillary clinton is another. we would not be doing are due diligence as investigators if we did not question the office. if the president thinks we're being unfair to susan rice, he can comment. that is always an option, too. if he wants to be sent for my millions towards her company can come to congressman to the questions. lou: i'm going to be asking a number of people throughout this question, but under feinstein, her committee did not want to comment. i want to does ask you quickly wrap up here. for your viewers, is whether or not there is any grounds for not commenting on what seems to be a matter of fact issue. she was asked whether the cia operatives in benghazi, what about them calling for help? and can you think of any reason why that would not be a matter that could be shed with shared with the american public? >> no, sir, i cannot. lou: and what about the administration's original versions of events? your reaction? >> there's a difference of not wanting comment on something and not being able to. it is
susan rice is another one. hillary clinton is another. we would not be doing are due diligence as investigators if we did not question the office. if the president thinks we're being unfair to susan rice, he can comment. that is always an option, too. if he wants to be sent for my millions towards her company can come to congressman to the questions. lou: i'm going to be asking a number of people throughout this question, but under feinstein, her committee did not want to comment. i want to...
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save later. >>> susan rice is extraordinary. couldn't be prouder of the job she's done. >> that was president obama today at his first cabinet meeting since winning re-election. today, she received this praise from secretary of state hillary clinton. >> susan rice has done a great job as our ambassador to the united nations. and of course, this decision about my successor is up to the president. >> today, republican senators continued to try to open up the massachusetts senate seat that scott brown could run for. >> i think john kerry would be an excellent appointment and would be easily confirmed by his colleagues. >> if the president wants an easy confirmation hearing and process, nominate john kerry, who is imminently qualified to be secretary of state and i believe he would sail through in the nominating process. >> joining me now, ari mel ber. ari, you're coming to us tonight from kerry country, boston and i've got to think this is a horrible moment for senator kerry. you don't want to be the guy who gets praise from the mi
save later. >>> susan rice is extraordinary. couldn't be prouder of the job she's done. >> that was president obama today at his first cabinet meeting since winning re-election. today, she received this praise from secretary of state hillary clinton. >> susan rice has done a great job as our ambassador to the united nations. and of course, this decision about my successor is up to the president. >> today, republican senators continued to try to open up the...
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that he heard from susan rice in public. what we have here is a situation where it's become highly politicized. no doubt about that. political effort that obama reacted to strongly in the press conference when he said why take on susan rice. if you want to come after somebody, come after me. that proted senator mccain to say you have culpability here. >> chris: it may be politicized but it doesn't mean something didn't go wrong. >> we shouldn't be under illusion there weren't elements of the government that didn't understand this was a terrorist attack. you had mike ronallers on the morning of september 12, chairman of the house intelligence committee who had been briefed by c.i.a. earlier that morning come out on the morning of september 19 and say this was a military style commander doe assault on u.s. compound. the station chief in libya send a cable saying man on the ground. this was a terrorist attack. pentagon saying on day one this was a terrorist attack. >> chris: how do you explain james clapper the director of inte
that he heard from susan rice in public. what we have here is a situation where it's become highly politicized. no doubt about that. political effort that obama reacted to strongly in the press conference when he said why take on susan rice. if you want to come after somebody, come after me. that proted senator mccain to say you have culpability here. >> chris: it may be politicized but it doesn't mean something didn't go wrong. >> we shouldn't be under illusion there weren't...
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so there's even a kind of so what quality about determining whether susan rice didn't call it one. real issue that i don't think a whole lot of light has been shed on this last week is what were the failures that went into the vulnerability of this diplomatic facility in the first place. everyone agrees that's the real issue. and nothing that i have seen that came out of this hearing clarifies very much what went wrong with the preparations, why wasn't that place secure. and what does it tell us about the whole approach of the light footprint that the obama administration has recommended. >> explain what that means. i must say i haven't heard that phrase until today but it's in the papers. >> the idea that once we had gadhafi out in libya, we weren't going to go in with a new big presence, we were going to do more with less, as it were. >> not just in libya, all over. >> and being applied across the region. >> it's interesting, up to this point secretary of state clinton has kind. avoided much fire on libya. she said that she was taking responsibility for it, but that was in the mi
so there's even a kind of so what quality about determining whether susan rice didn't call it one. real issue that i don't think a whole lot of light has been shed on this last week is what were the failures that went into the vulnerability of this diplomatic facility in the first place. everyone agrees that's the real issue. and nothing that i have seen that came out of this hearing clarifies very much what went wrong with the preparations, why wasn't that place secure. and what does it tell...
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in a way, i don't think it's all about susan rice. i think it's actually what happened. who made the memo changes, what did the white house know, when did they know it, what were they told and why did the president give a speech at the u.n. talking about the video when it was really a terrorist attack by al-qaeda and other groups like that? >> ultimately you think you'll get the committee? >> i think the american people will demand it. >> great to have you on board. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> stay with us. fair and balanced next in the second half hour of our discussion on this subject, the congressman, adam schiff, views on the petraeus testimony will also be explained here. stay with us [ male announcer ] this is anna, her long day teaching the perfect swing begins with back pain and a choice. take advil, and maybe have to take up to four in a day. or take aleve, which can relieve pain all day with just two pills. good eye. for their annual football trip. that's double miles you can actually use. tragically, their ddy got sacked by blackouts. but it's o
in a way, i don't think it's all about susan rice. i think it's actually what happened. who made the memo changes, what did the white house know, when did they know it, what were they told and why did the president give a speech at the u.n. talking about the video when it was really a terrorist attack by al-qaeda and other groups like that? >> ultimately you think you'll get the committee? >> i think the american people will demand it. >> great to have you on board. thank you...
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ambassador susan rice. >> what the president's campaign did was focus on certain members of his base coalition, give them extraordinary financial gifts from the government, and then work very aggressive to turn them out to vote. >> susan rice should have known better, and if she didn't know better, she's not qualified. she should have known better. i will do everything in my power to block her from being the united states secretary of state. >> joy reid, let's go after romney first and the way he's calculating how he lost. now, you can give all kinds of reasons for losing and fair enough, that's what you do in your head. but when you spout the argument that the other guy bought all the interest groups, all the categories of citizens and that's -- that seems to di anyone initial not just the purchaser but the purchase. you're basically saying these people were up for grabs, just buy them. you're never going to get them ever again if you talk about people that way it seems. >> exactly. and talking about more than half of the voting public as essentially bribery victims or being duped b
ambassador susan rice. >> what the president's campaign did was focus on certain members of his base coalition, give them extraordinary financial gifts from the government, and then work very aggressive to turn them out to vote. >> susan rice should have known better, and if she didn't know better, she's not qualified. she should have known better. i will do everything in my power to block her from being the united states secretary of state. >> joy reid, let's go after romney...
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rice, it's the liberal media make it go about john mccain's comments about susan rice and john mccain never used the word filibuster. he said he would have serious issues susan rice as secretary of state. i agree with judy, what is susan rice doing representing the administration on these talk shows? she had nothing to to do with this, why is she the point person. >> it's not her fault. maybe have an administration with putting her out there, but not to say she shouldn't be secretary of state because she's somehow wrong here, but we have a fair amount of excavating to do, and on friday, peter king, i think an exclusive for fox and megyn kelly saying listen we now know that the cia, peter king knows that the cia initial chronology, benghazi's acts was altered somewhere along the way, did susan rice alter it herself, does she know who altered it. and the hearings under oath are going to be epic, somehow the petraeus version, which petraeus is willing to explain now that he's liberated from the obama administration, rice her fate is going to answer for a whole bunch of coverups. if she's
rice, it's the liberal media make it go about john mccain's comments about susan rice and john mccain never used the word filibuster. he said he would have serious issues susan rice as secretary of state. i agree with judy, what is susan rice doing representing the administration on these talk shows? she had nothing to to do with this, why is she the point person. >> it's not her fault. maybe have an administration with putting her out there, but not to say she shouldn't be secretary of...
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they talk about coverups, what did susan rice know and when did they know it was terror. but today the truth came out. listen to what tom ricks, the defense expert and pulitzer price winner -- listen to what he has had to say. >> senator mccain says he would block any chance to nominate susan rice to become secretary of state. she's currently the u.n. ambassador. he seems to be backing away from that. what do you think? >> i think benghazi was hyped by this network especially and now that the campaign is over i think he's backing off a little bit. they are not going to stop susan rice from being secretary of state. >> benghazi was hyped, especially by the network, but it doesn't stop there. >> you have four people dead including the first u.n. ambassador. >> i see this focus on a small fire fight. i've covered a lot of fire fights. it's impossible to figure out what happens. second, i think that the effort of benghazi have been extremely political partly because fox was operating as a wing of the republican party. >> all right. tom ricks, thank you very much for joining u
they talk about coverups, what did susan rice know and when did they know it was terror. but today the truth came out. listen to what tom ricks, the defense expert and pulitzer price winner -- listen to what he has had to say. >> senator mccain says he would block any chance to nominate susan rice to become secretary of state. she's currently the u.n. ambassador. he seems to be backing away from that. what do you think? >> i think benghazi was hyped by this network especially and...
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talking about susan rice. here's the clip. >> susan rice should have known better and if she didn't know better, she's not qualified. she should have known better. i would do everything in my power to block her from being the united states secretary of state. she has proven that she either doesn't understand or she is not willing to accept evidence on its face. >> john: that was the man who thought sarah palin was qualified to be president talking about someone who doesn't understand. now not to be outdone senator lindsey graham, the most interesting of all southern republicans i would say came out a few hours later and took a break from his momentarily bouts of sanity to say this. >> die trust her in two ways. if she didn't know this was a terrorist attack then she didn't look very hard. why do you pick her? what responsibility does she have over the benghazi consulate. nobody sent her a request for fortification. why wasn't the secretary of state telling us about benghazi? >> john: okay. the secretary of sta
talking about susan rice. here's the clip. >> susan rice should have known better and if she didn't know better, she's not qualified. she should have known better. i would do everything in my power to block her from being the united states secretary of state. she has proven that she either doesn't understand or she is not willing to accept evidence on its face. >> john: that was the man who thought sarah palin was qualified to be president talking about someone who doesn't...
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. >> why would susan rice not get our vote? i don't trust her. >> defending susan rice. >> if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. >> there are no barriers to sitting down and beginning to work through this process. >> as the fiscal cliff loans, is there a deal in the works? mitt romney explains why he lost. >> the president's campaign focused on certain members of his base coalition, give them extraordinary financial gifts from the government, and worked very aggressively to turn them out to vote. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> well, i just don't know where to begin this week. do we talk about republican charges of a cover-up with regard to the attack in benghazi? do we talk about sexual liaisons and e-mails? to talk about israel and gaza, the possibility of the fiscal cliff? let's start with the sex. [laughter] cia director resigns after the fbi uncovers e-mails showing that general david petraeus had an extramarital affair with
. >> why would susan rice not get our vote? i don't trust her. >> defending susan rice. >> if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. >> there are no barriers to sitting down and beginning to work through this process. >> as the fiscal cliff loans, is there a deal in the works? mitt romney explains why he lost. >> the president's campaign focused on certain members of his base coalition, give them...
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they targeted susan rice of all people. susan rice, i believe as ambassador to the u.n. she testified in front of the house intelligence group she testified at their request. she read the intelligence result of the intelligence report. they requested and what our intelligence people in libya told us, told the congress, told the white house, and now they're trying to make her responsible for what happened. i have never seen the president that fiery. it's outrageous to pick on susan rice. if you got a beef, come after me. don't go after her. >> eliot: that's two things converging. they know the underlying logic as you laid out ridiculous. it's deceptive and crazy. it's also a superior officer. he's the commander in chief and he's standing up for his subordinate and saying how dare you pick on someone in my rank. you pick on me. i'm not going to let you bully anybody. >> you know there is an end of this story coming. that is when they find out who did it and where they are there is going to be a drone strike like we've never seen before. if there is any doubt that president
they targeted susan rice of all people. susan rice, i believe as ambassador to the u.n. she testified in front of the house intelligence group she testified at their request. she read the intelligence result of the intelligence report. they requested and what our intelligence people in libya told us, told the congress, told the white house, and now they're trying to make her responsible for what happened. i have never seen the president that fiery. it's outrageous to pick on susan rice. if you...
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did that take out some of the sting on susan rice? >> i think so. they played down the terrorist involve document make obama look better to make it look like there hadn't been a terrorist attack. petraeus said they had taken out references to the groups involved so the groups didn't know they were being monitored. >> scott, senator dianne feinstein defended rice and took it one step further defending her possible nomination as secretary of defense. >> to select ambassador rice because she used an unclassified talking point, to say she is unqualified to be secretary of state, i think, is a mistake. >> so, scott, were rice's chances of being nominated just decreased? >> i think so. senator feinstein is using a white house talking point on ambassador rice. this is their point all alooping, any could have read those talking points who was put forward that sunday to give them. scapegoating ambassador rice should not be -- it would be unfair. you heard the president say that in his press conference this week, that it was besmirching her reputation and he
did that take out some of the sting on susan rice? >> i think so. they played down the terrorist involve document make obama look better to make it look like there hadn't been a terrorist attack. petraeus said they had taken out references to the groups involved so the groups didn't know they were being monitored. >> scott, senator dianne feinstein defended rice and took it one step further defending her possible nomination as secretary of defense. >> to select ambassador rice...
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ambassador, susan rice. that's what this was for him, a great moment to kind of score chivalrous points rather than answer and be pressed on the challenges and the questions that so many fair-minded people have about what happened in benghazi that night and what the administration said about it. jon: a number of senators including senator lindsey graham, senator john mccain, senator kelly ayotte -- a woman, it should be noted -- were critical of what ambassador susan rice said when she went on the five sunday talk shows and said this was all about the video. now, kirsten, i want to read a clip of your most recent column. here it is. you say: president obama bizarrely cast the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, susan rice, as some delicate flower the boys should stop picking on for her dissembling: jon: come back to haunt him in what way? >> well, i think he got so caught up in this silly story about senators mccain and graham, and he did leave out, also, that there was a female senator as well as you men
ambassador, susan rice. that's what this was for him, a great moment to kind of score chivalrous points rather than answer and be pressed on the challenges and the questions that so many fair-minded people have about what happened in benghazi that night and what the administration said about it. jon: a number of senators including senator lindsey graham, senator john mccain, senator kelly ayotte -- a woman, it should be noted -- were critical of what ambassador susan rice said when she went on...
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susan rice is a bit player here. was he informed of the june attack on our consulate where they blew a hole -- where 40 people could go through? was he aware of the august 15 cable where stevens was saying we can't withstand a coordinated al qaeda attack? there are 10 militia groups all over benghazi. i blame the president for making this a death trap. i blame the president for not having assets available to help these people for eight hours. we need a select committee not only to look at intelligence failure, but how could the department of defense not help these people for over eight hours? and why did the department of state for months ignore pleas for help? we need to get this under one roof. >> can susan rice be confirmed of secretary of state if nominated by the approximate president? >> i don't know. i'm deferential to the president's picks. i voted for kagan and sotomayor. he had a very high bar for confirmation. i have a very low bar. i'm going to listen to what susan rice has to say, put her entire record i
susan rice is a bit player here. was he informed of the june attack on our consulate where they blew a hole -- where 40 people could go through? was he aware of the august 15 cable where stevens was saying we can't withstand a coordinated al qaeda attack? there are 10 militia groups all over benghazi. i blame the president for making this a death trap. i blame the president for not having assets available to help these people for eight hours. we need a select committee not only to look at...
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ambassador susan rice. hank melton says, "why are gop men always picking on democratic women like susan rice. this makes the gop appear very weak." and denise thinks senators graham and mccain are still smarting over the 2008 loss to the president. share your thoughts with us on @edshow. do that, please. >>> still to come, republicans try to deny it, but president obama won a clear mandate in the election. we'll have all the details next. stay with us. ♪ ♪ oh oh, oh, oh ♪ you're wonderful ♪ you have a heart of gold ♪ you give me reasons to believe in ♪ ♪ what i doubted once before ♪ now it's possible ♪ i can see [ male announcer ] vera wang love. the new diamond bridal collection from vera wang. exclusively at zales. >>> it's like earning capital. you asked, do i feel free? let me put it to you this way, i earned capital in the campaign, political capital. and now i intend to spend it. >> the good old days. president george w. bush flaunting his political capital at a press conference just
ambassador susan rice. hank melton says, "why are gop men always picking on democratic women like susan rice. this makes the gop appear very weak." and denise thinks senators graham and mccain are still smarting over the 2008 loss to the president. share your thoughts with us on @edshow. do that, please. >>> still to come, republicans try to deny it, but president obama won a clear mandate in the election. we'll have all the details next. stay with us. ♪ ♪ oh oh, oh, oh...